Jews belonging to the Tribe of Levi, and particularly the Kohen clan, came together for a mass gathering in Jerusalem on Sunday. It was the first large-scale gathering of biblically-mandated Israelite priests since the time of the Second Temple.

The gathering included lectures and seminars on the history and future of the Temple, and culminated with all of the participants declaring the priestly blessing over Israel from the Western Wall.

Genetic research over the past several decades has succeeded in isolating a particular DNA signature shared by all members of the Tribe of Levi, making the reinstitution of Israel's priestly caste a relatively simple endeavor once the Temple is rebuilt.

Septuagint (sometimes abbreviated LXX) is the name given to the Greek translation of the Jewish Scriptures. The Septuagint has its origin in Alexandria, Egypt and was translated between 300-200 BC. Widely used among Hellenistic Jews, this Greek translation was produced because many Jews spread throughout the empire were beginning to lose their Hebrew language. The process of translating the Hebrew to Greek also gave many non-Jews a glimpse into Judaism. According to an ancient document called the Letter of Aristeas, it is believed that 70 to 72 Jewish scholars were commissioned during the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus to carry out the task of translation. The term Septuagint means seventy in Latin, and the text is so named to the credit of these 70 scholars.

The new ‘Sanhedrin’ is sort of a voluntary effort and not officially recognized; the problem being, that after the members are named, the automatic response is, “Why is HE on it, and not ____?”
So while there ‘is’ a Sanhedrin, it really depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is....

(AFAIK, there’s no prophecy anywhere in either Testament about the Sanhedrin—though I could be wrong.)

Levites have come to the Temple annually for years to offer the priestly blessing to Israel. So I don’t know if this current meeting is actually something new, or simply a larger version of what has been done before.

i think this group that reconstituted the Sanhedrin believes that the Temple should be rebuilt in our day and that a Sanhedrin would be necessary to authenticate the coming of the Messiah - i don’t know if they are part of this, but there is a group called the Temple Institute which has a wonderful museum/exhibit in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem. they have recreated the utensils and vestments from 2nd Temple to be ready for the rebuilding of the Temple in the present day. a fascinating place to visit and see those things we read about in Hebrew Scripture and now can visualize what it all looks like.

Take this story with a big grain of salt. I've been hearing versions of this for 5 years on various end times radio shows and ministries. Also, supposedly they created all the gold utensils and what nots to furnish the entire Temple as per the Torah and further, have successfully bred a pure red cow (again as per Torah) to use in the first sacrifice.

have successfully bred a pure red cow (again as per Torah) to use in the first sacrifice.

The red heifer was disqualified because some white hairs were found on her. However, they are still trying.

The purpose of a pure red heifer is not to be the "first sacrifice" but to follow the Levitical rules for purification. Most people assume that what needs to be ritually purified is the Temple Mount, before the Third Temple can be built.

You mean the Sanhedrion. The Septuagint is the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible.

It wasn't really a Sanhedrion but a sort of "proto-Sanhedrion," and it is rejected by most Orthodox authorities. It is also unfortunately engaged in ecumenical and interfaith activities, which is strictly prohibited by Halakhah.

Jews belonging to the Tribe of Levi, and particularly the Kohen clan, came together for a mass gathering in Jerusalem on Sunday. It was the first large-scale gathering of biblically-mandated Israelite priests since the time of the Second Temple.

This is interesting.

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posted on 07/19/2007 6:14:49 PM PDT
by Centurion2000
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The Kohen clan eh? Well “give my regarrds to Broadway,” and “I am on top of the world, ma!” Genetics can prove priestly lineage, a Sanhedrin is in place, some group has made temple intruments to exact Torah specifications and another group has a corner stone they have been trying to place on the Temple Mount for a couple of years only to be rebuffed by the Israelie government. It gets curiouser and curiouser I dare say!

I’m Jewish, and I have a sure fire response to liberals who say “all those Evangelical Christians only support Israel because they think that the Jews have to return to their ancient homeland in order for Jesus to return, and once Jesus returns, the Evangelicals will be laughing and whooping it up when the Jews get vaporized”.

Here’s what I tell’em.....”It’s very simple, the Messiah will come and the Jews will say ‘look, it’s the Messiah’, the Christians will say ‘look, Jesus is back, and the Jews just called him the Messiah, so they’re Christians now’. Nobody gets vaporized, everyone is happy, except the Muslim devil worshippers whose unfortunate fate is assured by G-d”.

Shuts ‘em up and scares the crap out of them EVERYTIME!

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posted on 07/19/2007 6:47:03 PM PDT
by The Fop
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posted on 07/19/2007 7:30:24 PM PDT
by Salem
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But seems to me that the Nation of Israel only wakes up to their true Messiah

when the counterfeit—the Anti-Christ sets up his image in the Holy of Holies . . . and then the Israeli’s start running and he starts slaughtering them right and left from the Temple Courtyard outward.

No, the Septuagint (sometimes abbreviated as LXX) was the commissioned translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek which, after the Alexander period was the predominant language of Judea during the last couple of centuries before the birth of Christ. The name is derived from the Greek number for seventy - representing the 70 scholars that performed the translation.

Highly unlikely. The actual Menorah was transported to Constantinople. There are credible reports of it being displayed as late as the 12th century by the Eastern Roman (i.e. "Byzantine") Empire. It vanishes around the time that Crusaders sack the city. So it probably got burned down for its gold sometime around then.

Most of the rest of the Temple treasures were probably looted and burned by the Germanic tribes that sacked Rome repeatedly.

One thing to keep in mind: if the Vatican actually had any of these treasures, don't you think they would have displayed them sometime before it became politically incorrect to do so? Wouldn't their be Churches dedicated to relics from the Temple? Wouldn't the Pope parade the Menorah around to celebrate his belief that the Church is the "true" Israel? The fact that there's no record of any of this happening suggests that the Vatican ain't got squat.

This article is one huge heaping turd of misinformation. This wasn't the first "large-scale gathering" of Cohanim (Priests) and Leviim. Every Festival, hundreds of Cohanim perform the Priestly blessing together at the Western Wall. And every MORNING of EVERY DAY, Cohanim recite the Priestly blessing during morning services in most synagogues in the world.

Also, "the reinstitution of Israel's priestly caste" isn't a " relatively simple endeavor." There's no "reinstitution" because Israel's priestly caste (the Cohanim) never vanished -- they have an unbroken line of tradition supported by recent genetic evidence going back thousands of years, and still have an active role in the day-to-day lives of Orthodox Jews.

Finally, to the chagrin of Orthodox Jews, while the genetic signature appears consistently on Cohanim and Sephardi and Mizrahi Leviim, it is not found on "all members of the Tribe of Levi" as the term is understood today -- Ashkenazi Leviim do not have the gene with any consistency.

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